Wyoming
Former Burlington Route passenger rail station
Front and eastern side
General information
LocationWilliams Street
Wyoming, Illinois
Owned byrailroad museum, visitor center
Line(s)Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Buda—Elmwood branch
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Bicycle facilitieson the Rock Island Trail State Park
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Depot
Wyoming station (Illinois) is located in Illinois
Wyoming station (Illinois)
LocationWilliams Street, Wyoming, Illinois
Coordinates41°3′41″N 89°46′6″W / 41.06139°N 89.76833°W / 41.06139; -89.76833
ArchitectCB&Q railroad
NRHP reference No.87000650[1]
Added to NRHP1987

Wyoming was a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad station in Wyoming, Illinois. Now the headquarters of the Rock Island Trail State Park, the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Depot.[1] The station has also been restored to the original red color.

Train service

Wyoming was on the CB&Q's line between Buda and Elmwood, Illinois. The 44 and a half mile line was built by the Dixon, Peoria and Hannibal Railroad,[2] and was bought by the CB&Q in 1899.[3] The Buda-Elmwood branch of the railroad, which by that time had become the Burlington Northern Railroad, was torn out in 1984. The station is near the former Peoria and Rock Island Railroad line, between the Quad Cities and Peoria. That 86 mile line was operated by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and did not utilize the CB & Q depot. Furthermore, after the Great Depression the CRI & P ceased to offer passenger service on its line, and that line itself was abandoned in 1963.[4]

Rock Island Trail

Wyoming Station is the headquarters of the Rock Island Trail State Park, which maintains the right-of-way between Alta and Toulon.[5] The building also serves as a visitor center and railroad museum for the town.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Poor, Henry Varnum (1865). "Manual of the railroads of the United States". 27. New York City: H.V. & H.W. Poor: 392. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ "Burlington to Buy Branches" (PDF). The New York Times. Chicago. May 21, 1899. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Rock Island Lines". The Official Guide of the Railways. New York City: National Railway Publication Company. June 1941. p. 904.
  5. ↑ Rock Island State Trail Archived April 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved April 9, 2011
  6. ↑ Zyznieuski, Walter; Zyznieuski, George (1993). "Central Illinois". Illinois hiking and backpacking trails. pp. 139–142. ISBN 0-8093-1752-4.
  7. ↑ Rail-to-trails Conservancy (2009). "Illinois". Rail-Trails Midwest Great Lakes. Berkeley, CA: Wilderness Press. pp. 61–64. ISBN 978-0-89997-467-5.
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